CVE-2026-72050

unknowncovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Free BPID bitmap on setup failure nix_setup_bpids() allocates bp->bpids with rvu_alloc_bitmap(), which uses a plain kcalloc(). If any of the following devm_kcalloc() allocations for the BPID mapping arrays fails, the function returns without freeing the bitmap. Free the BPID bitmap before returning from those error paths.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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unknownCVE-2026-72050: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Free BPID bi…nvd · 2026-08-15

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